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Here, we present the idiom 「敝衣枵腹」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
The clothes are torn and the stomach is hungry. Describes a difficult life.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bì yī xiāo fù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bai6 yi1 hiu1 fuk1
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